Theological Virtues in the Poetry of St. Theresa of Lisieux

Heiderová Tereza_abstrakt v AJ.txt Anglická anotace Bachelor thesis title: Theological virtues in the poetry of Theresa of Lisieux Author: Tereza Heiderová Supervisor: Th.Lic Pavel Vojtěch Kohut Th.D. OCD Annotation: The bachelor thesis deals with the questions of the theological virtues in the poetry of Theresa of Lisieux. At first, the author defines the concept "the theological virtues". Then Theresa's poetry is concisely characterized and set into the context of her work. The results published in the French edition of Theresa's complete works (1992) are consequently taken as the basis of the author's investigation. In the following chapters, that form the core of the whole thesis, Theresa's poems are analysed according to the prism of the theological virtues - faith, hope and charity. The author comes to the following conclusions: 1. Faith is the topic that gets in the Saint's poetry the least attention, despite its being the source from which her poetry springs forth. 2. Hope is the basic dimension of Theresa's poetry. She considers herself to be the expelled fiancée of Christ waiting patiently for the life with God in heaven. 3. Charity and love is the most frequent Stránka 1 Heiderová Tereza_abstrakt v AJ.txt theme in Theresa's poetry. It constitutes the basic source of her inspiration. There is the..